Tragically, cerebral palsy is a condition that affects many people. Regardless of the causes that lead to it, cerebral palsy can be difficult to live with and can have an impact not just on the person who has it but also on their loved ones. World Cerebral Palsy Day enables these families to discover more effective ways to manage the condition and promotes awareness of its realities.
When is World Cerebral Palsy Day?
Every year on October 6, World Cerebral Palsy Day is observed to raise awareness about the congenital motion, muscle, posture, and tone disease known as cerebral palsy. On this day, awareness campaigns are held to combat all forms of prejudice against people with cerebral palsy.
History of World Cerebral Palsy Day
“Change My World in One Minute” was a modest initiative that served as the precursor of Cerebral Palsy Day. This initiative, which was initiated by the Cerebral Palsy Alliance in Australia, aimed to bring about change on a worldwide scale by enabling people to discuss innovative products and technologies that those who have cerebral palsy may utilize to improve and simplify their lives. Then, as time went on, additional concepts circulated and were requested by inventors. This vacation attracts research teams from all around the world, which enables fresh inventions to emerge and be showcased during the CPA’s annual event.
Along with being a day for innovation and innovation, this day turned into a social movement. The social revolution in 2015 concentrated on key issues that CP people around the world face. The CPA updated their website to offer resources and tools for people with CP. Cerebral Palsy Day changed from being merely wonderful to become a movement to enhance the technological and social circumstances of those who have CP. Cerebral Palsy Day promotes understanding of the disorder, which affects over 17 million people, informs people of resources available to help others with CP, and encourages thankfulness for those who devote a lot of time and energy to research and development in order to further a particular goal.
How to celebrate World Cerebral Palsy Day
To participate in World Cerebral Palsy Day, go here. To find regional events near you, search the official Cerebral Palsy Day website’s tools and resources. If you deal with CP or know someone who does, you may also take part via social media by telling your story. Using the hashtag #worldcerebralpalsyday, announce the date to the world and let your friends know how they can take part.
World Cerebral Palsy Day Quotes
“On World Cerebral Palsy Day, let us make more people aware of the disease so that they abandon their discriminatory attitude towards its patients.” –Anonymous
“Cerebral palsy teaches you to get stronger in life each day, it helps you to realize your strength. Happy World Cerebral Palsy Day.” –Anonymous
“If you are a cerebral palsy patient then you should forget all your problems in life and fill your day with joy and happiness on World Cerebral Palsy Day.” –Anonymous
“With tremendous burdens often come enormous gifts. The trick is to identify the gifts, and glory in them.”-Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein
“I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.” Natalia Vodianova
“Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It’s about understanding that she is exactly the person she is supposed to be. And that, if you’re lucky, she just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be.”-The Water Giver
‘’Oh, my goodness, when you’re a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and – or Down’s Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there’s a bit of a shock you’re going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve’’. -Joni Eareckson Tada
